TL;DR

Senior Database Engineer (Fintech, PostgreSQL): Own and scale a high-volume data infrastructure for payments, focusing on PostgreSQL performance, schema design, and large dataset management. Focus on optimizing complex queries, resolving performance bottlenecks, and designing high-performance search solutions for critical operational datasets.

Location: Remote. Applicants must be located within approximately ± 4 hours of CET.

Company

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What you will do

Own and operate AWS Aurora (PostgreSQL) in a high-load production environment.
Design and evolve schemas for large transactional domains, implementing partitioning and advanced indexing.
Analyze and optimize slow queries, resolving lock contention and vacuum issues.
Design high-performance search solutions for internal CRM tools for large operational datasets.
Work with event and log data pipelines, enabling fast, real-time insights.
Ensure data integrity and consistency in financial workflows and plan safe schema changes and migrations.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production.
Experience managing large databases (hundreds of millions of rows or more).
Solid understanding of indexing strategies, query planners, execution paths, transactions, isolation levels, and locking.
Experience working with AWS-based infrastructure, ideally AWS Aurora.
Ability to independently investigate and resolve complex performance issues.

Nice to have

Experience in payments, billing, fintech, or financial systems.
Familiarity with analytical databases (ClickHouse, Tinybird, or similar).
Experience designing data models for multi-tenant systems.
Understanding of event-driven architectures and data pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

Remote work environment promoting work-life balance.
Unlimited paid time off and paid national holidays.
Company-provided MacBook.
Flexible Independent Contractor Agreement offering autonomy and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Be part of a high-talent, fully remote engineering organization.

Hiring process

Application review (3 to 5 days).
Recruiter Screening (40 minutes).
Technical Interview (60 minutes).
Final Interview (30 minutes).